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I Tried Mountain Running And It Changed Everything
This runner's journey took an unexpected turn...up a mountain.
August 31, 2016 Sarah Canney
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When I started running, my goal was to run a marathon. It was a bucket list thing. Train for a marathon, run it and move on. I never imagined I'd become so hooked on the sport that it would become not just an integral part of my daily routine, but something that has shaped me into the person I am today.
How I Got Into Mountain Running
This summer my running journey took a long anticipated turn…up a mountain. The mountains have always been part of my life; I grew up hiking in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Later I would meet my husband there and together we've taken our kids hiking. Yet somehow this love of the mountains never coincided with my love of running, until this summer when I signed up for The Mount Washington Auto Road Race.
The Mount Washington Auto Road Race is listed as one of the North America's hardest running races, with a 7.6 mile ascent up the 6,288ft mountain with grades ranging from 9-25 percent. I've wanted to run this race for a while and have put my name in the lottery multiple times. I was lucky enough this June to snag a spot at the start and was eager to see what this race was all about.
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I knew it would be a challenge, one I felt ready for since it fell after my spring marathon. I spent the month of May running repeats on a ski slope during the week and doing longer mountain trail runs on the weekends. All that "training" would later be put to shame by the unrelenting ascent of The Mount Washington Auto Road Race.
The race proved to be harder than any marathon I've ever run, an unrelenting climb that made your lungs and legs burn. There was no break, except to walk, slumped over trying to get further up the mountain. Within the first few miles, I had to let go of all my expectations for a strong race and simply focus on forward motion. Every step was a battle.
Why You Can't Curse Mountain Running
But even in those moments of physical pain, I couldn't curse the race, not the way I'd momentarily cursed the marathons I'd run. You know that moment when you wonder why you ever signed up for this in the first place? But this, this was different. All I had to do was look up and see the surrounding mountain peaks and realize that the moment with all it's pain and discomfort was exactly where I wanted to be. I wanted to be out there. Out there on a mountainside trying to get to the top. Out there Embracing the Hill.
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When I set out to try mountain running I knew it would be a challenge, but it was far harder than I ever thought and far more rewarding. And I want more. I've always raced the roads, but now I'm hungry for more mountains, more trails, more vistas that take your breath away. If you can't find me at the start of a road marathon, it's because I've headed for the hills.
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Grab a towel—although it's early in the year, JoAnn Chaney's As Long as We Both Shall Live is the perfect beach read, a multiple-murder and suspense saga that will keep readers engrossed and guessing. Two women are killed, one in 1995, the other in 2018, both wives of successful salesman Matt Evans. The second incident is a literal cliffhanger: Matt and his second wife, Marie, are hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park when she falls off a steep cliff into a raging river below. Detectives Marion Spengler and Ralph Loren doubt the double tragedies are coincidences, although Loren, who appeared in Chaney's first novel, What You Don't Know, is bedeviled by his own demons, including a former partner who mysteriously disappeared and whose remains have recently been unearthed. Half-Korean and-half American young mother Spengler is a likable, determined sleuth likely to appear in future novels. Chaney continues to explore dark themes with her quick but effective character studies and zippy prose. The Colorado-based author is particularly adept at juggling multiple narrators and plot lines, revealing a multitude of tantalizing thoughts and actions while keeping the suspense as high as those Rocky Mountains. Chaney adds to the intrigue a host of song references, calling the novel's first two sections "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Mama, Just Killed a Man." Appropriately, the title of the book must be a nod to the Deicide death metal song, "Not as Long as We Both Shall Live." As one detective tells naturally suspicious Spengler, "You shouldn't take anyone at face value." And neither should readers of As Long as We Both Shall Live. Movie rights have already been snatched up by producer Bruna Papandrea, whose projects include Gone Girl, "Big Little Lies" and The Nightingale. Let's play Super Mario Bros to save Mushroom Princess now !!! The Mushroom Princess is being held captive by the evil Koopa tribe of turtles.


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In Sept 2008, I attended a professional conference in Boston. My wife joined me on the last day and we spent the next several days in New Hampshire. I have employed her to handle finances and admin since 2006. Naturally we discussed some of the business aspects of the conference while we were in NH but that was not the purpose of the trip for her. Are any of her expenses deductible?
Is there a best mechanism to substantiate deductibility for spouse/employees for business conferences?
I assume from your email that your wife is your employee. If she is then you may deduct all the costs of your employee's travel expenses in the exact same manner as you may deduct yours as the employer. So, if Boston were the business portion of your trip and New Hampshire were the fun, or personal, portion, then you cannot deduct the New Hampshire costs nor could you deduct the cost of your employee's New Hampshire travel.
When you take an employee on a business trip you must be able to show the necessity of having that person with you. Whether it's to transcribe notes, schedule appointments, wine and dine associates, there must be a clear business reason for attendance. This is especially so if the employee is your spouse.
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After the attacks on Paris happened in November, I reread Hemingway's ode to Paris, A Moveable Feast. The moment I finished it, I went online and booked this holiday.
Refined stews and Hotel du Nord
I had a brilliant meal in the bistro at Hotel du Nord on the first night.
The bistro was a caricature of a French bistro. It reminded me of the magnificent eating rooms in Aix-en-Provence as well as — it should be pointed out — Brasserie Zedel in Soho. Marble lined the floors, bottles of Ricard and cognac the bar.
When I ordered the veal stew I didn't know what to expect. In my life I have never had a good stew which had been through a fine dining refinement.
Stews are hearty things. Their place is on short winters days in the blistering cold. They are things for the home. Not only do they fill the house with wonderful cooking smells, they provide warmth as well. You serve them in big portions. And when you finish eating them, with a good bottle alcoholic red, all you can do is lie down and sleep. Whether you're making a beef bourginon, a coq au vin, or a lancashire hotpot, that to me is what a stew is. They are my favourite food.
I've eaten stews before which have veered towards refinement and they always disappoint. Portions are small. You might get two or three chunks of venison with some delicate serving of al dente vegetables. The sauce often lacks the depth, complexitiy — and yes, heaviness — of a proper stew sauce.
But like oysters, and other things my palatte didn't like when I was younger, you have to retry these things every now and again.
The veal stew at Hotel du Nord was an absolute delight. While not refined by the standards of a triple star establishment, for a stew it was refined.
The sauce was warm and hearty — but elevated with truffles. The subtle lift of truffle made it infinitely superior to the last I had — at a lowmarket Italian restaurant in London. The vegetables, while still holding their own colour and structure, latched onto that flavour.
And the veal. My word. Tender as you can imagine. Lots of it, half served just in the plate and half served inside a Vol-au-vent. That Vol-au-Vent did for the stew what Yorkshire puddings do for gravy.
All washed down with an agreeable bottle of unknown Cotes du Rhone.
Stews to me are so much more than something you eat. They are an atmosphere and certain moments in time. They are things to be shared with family and friends on cold winter days.
The Blanquette de veau dans le Vol-au-vent at Hotel du Nord has managed to change a conception. This was elevating a classic in a very special way indeed.
St-Germain & Harry's Bar
The menu at Le Comptoir du Relais St-Germain felt like further riffs on a theme. Any worries I had before coming to Paris that French traditions would be gone were unfounded. At least in the first two restaurants we ate in, these traditions were alive just extended with modern twists.
The wine list here was the most impressive. Had I have been in the market to drink Burgundy that was three years older than I am, well I'd have had a few choices. Instead we opted for a carafe of white wine; dry with a slight woody note to it that for a house was acceptable.
I had a rack of lamb served with tomatoes and haricot beans; a Provencal favourite if I've ever spotted one. While HRH opted for a roast tuna served blue, which was one of the meatiest seafood experiences I've seen.
The difference between a good dish and a great dish is about surprise.
When I have cooked rack of lamb before, I leave a lot of that meat pink. It is closer to rare than it is medium-rare, and I think all the more delicious for it. The lamb at Le Comptoir du Relais St Germain, however, was most certainly medium. And yet — and yet — the flavour was some of the best I've ever found in lamb. This wasn't just about provenence and selective sourcing. Everything about this piece of meat had been considered, and it showed.
The accompaniments were fine, if a little bland, and the sauce had a bite to it that actually wasn't necessary. But the star here was that lamb.
Hemingway had been perpetually on this trip with us. If not for my constant (and probably tiresome) mentions, then by the places we have visited. St Germain saw us visit Les Deux Magots for a coffee, and then after a short walk we found ourselves at Harry's Bar.
While Harrys was a favourite of Hemingway's, along with many other greats, it also came as a recommendation from a friend. "They really know their stuff" came the glowing review — and know their stuff they did indeed.
Harry's is a wonderful bar. With wood panelling and a long bar in the main room, I felt it could have been an English pub more so than a Parisian bar. Great spirits lined shelves in locked cupboards where I spotted a Macallan from 1927. At around 300 euros a shot, I didn't go for it this time, but before I've found a new addition for the bucket list for sure.
"A very, very dry gin martini, with an olive," I asked while scouring the bar for my favourite gin. "With Plymouth please."
"It is the Navy one, sir, it is 57%" he warned, but feeling encapsulated by the place I replied, "perfect."
A great martini should contain next to no vermouth. Hemingway preferred his 15 parts to 1, while Churchill preferred simply to bow in France's direction. I sit somewhere between the two and believe that a glass should be perfumed with the vermouth but absent in the final drink. Harrys know their martinis and so a request for a 'very, very dry' one ended up exactly as I wanted it.
One Plymouth Navy martini at 3 o'clock in the afternoon is quite a good set up for the hours that follow it. And as we met friends and discussed Paris, and France, and recent events, and history, it was a very good afternoon indeed.
Paris does its classics incredibly well. Not just that, it raises classics with elegance and refinement that keep traditions fresh.
But if there is one place which maintains its window into the past, it is Harry's. Helped only by the bottles of whisky that are as old as many of the stories I have read about in there. It may not be Parisian by the sense of much of our trip, but there are few places greater I have drank in in my life.
Drinking in Paris
The final day in Paris was the best. We started with an excellent carafe of Languedoc red at Les Philosophes in le Marais. Les Philosophes came after three separate recommendations and so knew we had to scour it out.
The menu on the day wasn't too appealing so instead we concentrated on the pre-lunch carafe, while searching for restaurants.
HRH was in a mood for seafood and so we looked no further than Le Comptoir des Mers. The only problem with this delightful seafood restaurant was settling on something to eat. Between the platters which contained winkles and lobster and oyster and clams, and the specialities, it was a hard choice indeed.
In the end I settled for the lobster, which was delicious — though not quite as good as the one at Bonnie Gull in London. HRH opted for another special: scallops served in a garlic butter. That same butter covered my lobster and what a delight it was.
We had a half bottle of Sancerre which was the absolute stand out wine of the entire weekend. For me, a white being that good was quite a surprise. The service was fantastic and overall, we left with our most opulent meal feeling perfectly content.
We spent the rest of the afternoon drinking around the bars of Le Marais, near to Republique, and then near Canal St-Martin.
One of the most heartwarming things to see was Le Carillon packed on a Sunday evening — just two months after massacre had descended on it.
Small flags and strips of material lined the building tops across the streets like bunting. Candles still burnt silently on the roadside. And the air was pierced with sadness.
Yet walking into Le Carillon, you saw defiance in the face of perspective danger. You saw conviviality in the face of cowardice. Watching the scenes on the television two months ago, it was clear that mourning had taken place.
But now, Le Carillon is exactly what I hoped it would be: a bar for friends and lovers and family members to come together, fearless and unafraid. Of proud moments in my life, choosing to visit this fantastic bar in the 10th was certainly one of them.
On the whole, night life around Canal St-Martin is fantastic and youthful. Le Comptoir General is like a mix of a house party and an underground warehouse club. Cafe Clochette is a perfect spot to while away hours while drinking bieres and smoking endless Gauloises.
Chez Prune became our final destination on Sunday night. Here we had recommended shots: tequila and kahlua, set alight and drank through a straw. For someone who doesn't like tequila — or shots that much — these were incredible. And finally, before we left I asked if I may try Ricard as it was new to me: they gave me a small shot and a glass of water, as the locals would do so. Aniseed is starting to grow on me as I age, clearly, as I thought it had some great flavours to it indeed.
Paris is a wonderful place. A place where young and old mingle together. Where classic and modern intersect and meet. A place where you can ignore everything else going on in the world, because it doesn't matter — you're in Paris. And there are few greater places you could be.

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Gov. Jerry Brown was deep into a two-hour meeting on climate change with some of California's top scientists when he interjected a highly technical and much more personal question.
He wanted to install solar panels to generate his own power on his family's ranch in Colusa County, then find a way to feed the electricity directly into energy-efficient lighting.
"He said, 'I want to be an example for California,'" said Veerabhadran Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist who attended the meeting in the governor's Oakland office.
Brown's question was about more than attempting to emulate the self-reliance of his great-grandfather, who settled the ranch generations ago. He wanted to make sure he was using technology that's key to addressing the very modern problem of a warming planet.
"The laws of nature are immutable," Brown said in an interview. "You have to conform to them, not make them conform to you."
Throughout his political career, Brown has displayed a desire to minimize society's footprint on the Earth -- a stance that will gain a global platform when he arrives in Paris on Friday to participate in the U.N. summit on climate change.
Four decades ago, his focus on the environment -- talking of "Spaceship Earth" and exhortations that "small is beautiful" -- was a curiosity. But as 50,000 people gather in Paris in an ongoing effort to stop global warming, it's clear that the world has caught up with Brown.
During his weeklong trip, the governor will tout California's policies, rub shoulders with corporate executives, sign agreements with foreign leaders and be feted at the U.S. ambassador's residence for his efforts to urge a stronger international accord at the summit.
"They're not calling him Moonbeam anymore," said Tom Hayden, an environmental activist and former state legislator who has worked with Brown for years. "This is his moment."
Brown's life has changed significantly since he was governor in the 1970s. He lives with his wife in a house in the Oakland hills, and they're preparing to move into the historic and newly renovated governor's mansion. They have accumulated millions of dollars in investments in stocks and real estate.
But the governor's interest in a simpler existence remains evident about 60 miles north of Sacramento in a rural area outside the town of Williams.
Brown's great-grandfather, a Prussian immigrant named August Schuckman, settled there, in the Sierra foothills, more than a century ago. The governor and his family still own hundreds of acres in an area where cattle graze amid the oak trees.
The ranch can be reached on a gravel road, and visitors sleep on cots in two small cabins.
It's where Brown, the 77-year-old elected leader of the world's eighth largest economy, will occasionally spend the night without electricity or running water. The land, he has said, is "endlessly fascinating."
The governor plans to build a house there, and Colusa County Supervisor John Loudon said Brown is carefully considering its potential environmental impact.
Water wells, for example, could be powered by the same solar panels used for LED lighting. Flush toilets would be eschewed in favor of composting.
"He wants to have a completely self-contained environment up there," said Loudon, whom Brown appointed supervisor. "He wants to be off the grid."
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With temperatures in California expected to continue rising, Brown views his plans as an experiment for how people can adapt to the changing climate.
"It's a school for learning about life," he said.
The governor raised eyebrows recently when it was revealed that he asked state employees for help researching his ranch, including whether there was any potential for oil and gas. He said he was interested in the history of the land, not drilling himself.
Brown draws a link between his great-grandfather's life in California to modern environmental challenges. After winning his fourth and final term last year, the governor pointed to a picture of Schuckman and called him an inspiration because of his "courage to forge into the unknown."
"Today, it's not the open space, but we do have uncharted territory," Brown said, offering climate change as an example.
Although the term climate change hadn't entered the lexicon when Brown became governor the first time in 1975, he was already talking about problems and technologies that are center stage today.
To alleviate smog in Los Angeles, he pushed for tougher vehicle regulations and catalytic converters to clean up tailpipe emissions. He enacted tax credits for Californians to install solar panels on their homes, and he talked of how the state could "export solar technology for peaceful uses."
In his first State of the State speech in 1976, Brown said there was no more time for "glib statements" about protecting the environment, that an "era of limits" meant California would need to ration its natural and financial resources.
Four years later, as he prepared his second presidential campaign, Brown said, "the American nation is over-committed to consumption." Unless changes are made, "the generation that follows us will have to make an even more painful transition."
Brown has applied the same lens to California's ongoing drought, ordering the state's first mandatory restrictions on urban water use and warning residents that "the idea of your nice little green grass" being watered every day would be "a thing of the past."
Hayden, whom Brown appointed to lead a state solar council in the 1970s, said the famously tight-fisted governor also makes little distinction between economic and environmental waste.
"Frugality and a passion for protecting the environment went hand in hand with him," Hayden said. "Government waste could be politically argued as a waste of tax dollars. Waste could also be argued as a waste of precious resources."
Brown summed up this philosophy at a San Francisco forum last month.
"Waste is never good," he said. "That's a big part of our challenge: getting more out of stuff than we currently do."
Gov. Jerry Brown says for him, climate change is a topic that's more personal than political.
How the world manages its resources is the central question being considered at the U.N. summit. The goal is an international accord to limit global warming and transition to a future in which solar panels and electric vehicles are substituted for coal and gasoline.
In Brown's view, that requires nothing less than a reckoning with notions of prosperity.
"Oil, gas, coal has created the wealth we enjoy," he said at a Toronto conference in July. "What was the source of our wealth now becomes the challenge of our future."
Since returning to the governor's office in 2011, Brown has built upon laws signed by his predecessors -- vehicle emissions rules enacted by Gov. Gray Davis, the cap-and-trade program launched by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He's also set new targets for increasing renewable energy in California, boosting energy efficiency and slashing oil consumption over the next 15 years -- long after his final term officially ends in 2019.
The energy goals were turned into law, but the last proposal, reducing petroleum use, was dropped amid heavy opposition from oil companies.
For environmentalists, Brown's relationship with oil has been among the most confounding parts of his green record. Even though he's sharply criticized the industry at times, saying it sells a "highly destructive" product, he's benefited from campaign donations and supported oil production in the state.
"One of the things that's holding us back is the oil and gas industry and the governor's unwillingness to take them on directly," said Adam Scow, the California director for the anti-fracking advocacy group Food & Water Watch.
Brown has refused to ban fracking, most recently at the San Francisco forum.
"We're going to take out the oil in the most efficient way possible," he said.
In another apparent irony, Brown also said he relies on a gas-guzzling Crown Victoria to get around. Asked when he might get an electric car, his distaste for waste seemed to clash with his green sensibilities.
"Part of me wants to drive it until it drops," he said.


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KB Besa Pejë is the first basketball Kosovan team from Peja City. It was founded in 1961. This team is part of the Kosovo Superleague.

History
The team was founded in 1961, and its first name was KK. Buducnosti. The board of the team was mostly serbian people. These years team have present Kosovo in first league of Yugoslavia with great results and a lot of trophy winners.
In 1979–80 the Albanian board of the team had change name of club from Buducnost to Ramiz Sadiku. The ex-secretary of team, Muhamet Ahma, was also the first coach of the new team. In this year the team debuted in Balkanska league who lost in semi-final from Mornar 74-75. The best player of us was Blerim Vuniqi. Then we continue to play in local league and in 1992 we're in final of play-off with Prishtina and we lost 30-36.

In 2012–2013 Arber Elshani was elected as president and he backed Besa Pejë team to win first league in 2012–2013 and to be part of Superleague after great season. Elshani as President of team for first time in team make some great thinks to make history. First he brought one from the best coaches in Croatia. The new head coach of Besa in that time was Mr. Boris Kurtovic who led the team in semi-final of final four of cup after a big win with Trepca in Gjakova with great result 70-83 with all local players and reality was great season. Then Elshani brought ex-Real Madrid player Venson Hamilton who for our fans in 2014 was totally unbelievable but Hamilton coming and in his first game he score 25 points 25 rebounds and 10 blocked shots to help Besa team to win against Milion team BC RTV21. Now Team Besa still works with local players and is one team for respect as always.
BC Besa since 2015 have been out from all leagues in Federation after a conflict between President of Federation and Board of Besa. Besa refused to give vote for him in election for new President of Federation and then they have go out our team from Superleague.

Titles and honors

Domestic
 Kosovo First Division (1):
2013

References

Basketball teams in Kosovo

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"Copying has always existed in board examinations and as we evolved methods to prevent malpractices, the students devised counter methods. Technology and social media were bound to be misused, considering their utility and scope." saide Vasant Kalpande.
PUNE: Copying cases and malpractices have always existed in board examinations, but technological advances have further opened a wide spectrum for its misuse. Incidents that took place in the last couple of years clearly show how extensive use of social media played a major role in malpractices, like leaking of question papers or of important questions.
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Although, the boards denied that any such activities had taken place, it was evident that technology, instead of being used to curb the malpractices, is all the more used by students for cheating.
Vasant Kalpande, education expert and former chairman of MSBSHSE, said that this should not be seen as something too dangerous. "Copying has always existed in board examinations and as we evolved methods to prevent malpractices, the students devised counter methods. Technology and social media were bound to be misused, considering their utility and scope. The only way that we can curb copying and paper leaks are traditional ones of 'policing' (precautions and punishment) and 'counselling'," Kalpande said. He also added that authorities need to be more vigilant than ever and should strictly implement all measures they can to stop malpractices.
Speaking to Sakal Times, Herold D'Costa, CEO, Intelligent Quotient Security System (IQSS), who devised a special system for Mumbai University around six years ago to curb the issue of paper leaks, said, "For Mumbai University, back in 2012, we devised a system where the question paper would be set just about an hour before the examination time. There is a server, which contains many question paper sets, one out of which is randomly selected. The link to this question paper is then sent to various exam centres, where the principals, or any other authorised person in a strong room, opens the link and downloads and prints the question papers. The strong rooms are to be equipped with biometric, CCTV cameras, etc. and the authorised person has to enter without his/her cell phone. Also, the link is created in such a way that it can only be opened on registered computers. Thus, if at all it's forwarded to someone else, it's of no use."
D'Costa said that implementation of such a system at all the board examinations could be very useful in curbing malpractices, which is otherwise proving to be a difficult task.
He said that at Mumbai University, the system was 99 per cent successful. "We had a huge success with this system and from 2012 to 2016, till the time the system was used at Mumbai University, we encountered just one case of a paper leak, which was also traced. We also implemented this at North Maharashtra University and Solapur University for three to four years," he added.


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Clinton Promises Political Legacy: Better Democratic Midterms, New Democratic Coalition
Amid the frenzy on Tuesday, Clinton gave an interesting, critical, and partisan answer to a question about something she said Democrats just aren't good at — winning midterm elections — and vowed to help develop a "deep bench of young people."
By Ruby Cramer
Ruby Cramer BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on July 7, 2015, at 11:40 p.m. ET
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Over and over again, since the start of this campaign, Hillary Clinton has told voters that, above all else, she is a proven "fighter." At an organizing event here on Tuesday, a young woman stood to ask how, then, Clinton planned to fight for change that not even President Obama had been able to achieve.
In a striking, at times blunt reply, Clinton criticized her party's approach to midterm elections as inferior to Republicans' — and promised to leave behind as her legacy in the White House a well-built coalition of engaged, committed Democrats.
Clinton, now three months into her campaign, cast herself as a president who would communicate "the importance" of midterms, strengthen state parties, and spend the next 10 years developing a "deep bench of young people" in the Democratic Party who won't "just complain" about problems — but get into politics and fix them.
"That's what I want to be a part of seeding," she told voters in Johnson County, a liberal pocket of the state that supported Obama and John Edwards over Clinton the last time she caucused here. Obama, a former community organizer, won Iowa eight years ago with the support of his own coalition of volunteers and activists.
"I will be leaving a very strong, committed group, here in Iowa, across the country, who will get up every day and not just complain — not just yell at the TV… not just fire off angry tweets or something else that expresses your opinion — but will become involved in the political process," said Clinton. "If we don't show up and we don't vote, we can't complain. And if we don't like what the other side does, there's not much we can do when the election is over, other than say 'next time…'"
Building that "village," as Clinton put it, required success in the midterms.
"Here's one of the differences between our party and the other party," Clinton said, speaking before a crowd of about 350 in the Iowa City Public Library. "They know the importance of midterm elections, because they show up. And we don't."
"I don't understand all the reasons for that," Clinton added. But the last two Democratic presidents, she said, both suffered a massive defeat in Congress two years into the first term: Bill Clinton lost the House after raising taxes on the wealthy and going up against the National Rifle Association, and Obama after passing the Affordable Care Act and implementing his plan for economy recovery.
"I'm going to be the kind of president who also will keep talking to the American people about the importance of showing up in the midterm elections," Clinton said.
"Otherwise we will go backward."
The Clintons, both frequent surrogates on the campaign trail in 2014, were said to be taken aback when Republicans gained as many seats as they did. Shortly after the election, Bill Clinton said Democrats lost in part because they lacked a "national advertising campaign" — and, specifically, a "coherent economic message." (Obama, then in one of the most unpopular periods of his tenure, did not play a particularly active role on the campaign trail on behalf of his party.)
On Tuesday, Clinton described 2014 as "heartbreaking," singling out Bruce Braley, the Iowa Democrat who failed to succeed Tom Harkin in the U.S. Senate.
"I want to run for president, and I want to bring as many Democrats with me to Washington as I possibly can. I want to help rebuild the Democratic Party in Iowa," she said. "You can't have a loss like having Tom Harkin retire, and not be really motivated to not get the other Democrats in there who will stand with me."
The network of activists, office-holders, and dedicated voters would, Clinton suggested, spring in part out of her current campaign. (Her strategists have invested in a robust organizing strategy across the four early states, including Iowa.)
"The first thing I would say is we need to elect more Democrats. Okay?" Clinton said to applause from the crowd. "It is not just enough to elect more members of the Senate and more members of the House in Washington. We need more members in the state senate. We need more members in the state house. We need more Democrats in county offices across Iowa and across every other states."
This campaign, she reminded the crowd in closing, would be her "last rodeo."
"I believe that we can leave not just the country in good shape for the future — but we can get a deep bench of young people to decide they want to go into politics to continue the fights that we're going to be waging" as a party, Clinton said.
"When I ride off into the sunset in whatever year that will be…"
Clinton stopped. "Golly," she said. "2025… Wow!"
Ruby Cramer is a politics reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Contact Ruby Cramer at ruby.cramer@buzzfeed.com.


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MiFID - Outsourcing the portfolio management of non-professional clients
List of the third country supervisory authorities with whom a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed, within the meaning of Article 22 of the CBFA Regulation on organizational requirements for institutions that provide investment services
As part of on the one hand the transposition of Article 15 (5) of MiFID level 2 Directive 2006/73 of 10 August 2006, and on the other hand the CBFA Regulation of 5 June 2007 (Règlement de la CBFA du 5 juin 2007 relatif aux règles organisationnelles applicables aux établissements fournissant des services d'investissement / Reglement van de CBFA van 5 juni 2007 betreffende organisatorische voorschriften voor instellingen die beleggingsdiensten verstrekken) implementing said directive, the CBFA must publish a list of the third-country supervisory authorities (i.e. supervisory authorities in countries that do not belong to the European Economic Area) with which it has concluded a memorandum of understanding within the meaning of Article 22 of said regulation. In accordance with the above-mentioned Article 22, institutions wishing to externalize retail portfolio management to a third-country service provider can only do so if the following two conditions are met:
The service provider must in its home country be duly authorized or registered for such services and be subject to prudential supervision;
an adequate memorandum of understanding must exist between the CBFA and the authority supervising the service provider.
The CBFA has concluded an adequate memorandum of understanding within the meaning of the above-mentioned Article 22 with the following third-country supervisory authorities:
Alberta Securities Commission
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Bermuda Monetary Authority
British Columbia Securities Commission
Financial Services Commission of the British Virgin Islands
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong
Securities and Exchange Board of India
Financial Supervision Commission of the Isle of Man
Israel Securities Authority
Jersey Financial Services Commission
Securities Commission of Malaysia
Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores of Mexico
Commission de contrôle de la gestion de portefeuilles et des activités boursières assimilées of Monaco
Securities Commission of New Zealand
Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria
Ontario Securities Commission
Autorité des marchés financiers of Quebec
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Financial Services Board of South Africa
Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka
Commission fédérale des banques of Switzerland
Capital Markets Board of Turkey
Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the United States of America
Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America
The list above was compiled on the basis of the bilateral memoranda of understanding concluded by the CBFA with a number of supervisory authorities, as well as on the basis of the IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding ("IOSCO MOU"). Because new supervisory authorities regularly join the IOSCO MOU, there may be temporary discrepancies between the list as published by the CBFA and the list of signatories of the IOSCO MOU. Since the IOSCO MOU is recognized by the CBFA as being a valid memorandum of understanding within the meaning of Article 22 of the above-mentioned CBFA regulation of 5 June 2007, the CBFA refers anyone interested in the latest update to the list of signatories of the IOSCO MOU as presented in annexe A to said MOU on www.iosco.org. It should be noted that the supervisory authorities listed in annexe B to the IOSCO MOU are not eligible for application of Article 22 of the CBFA Regulation of 5 June 2007.


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Ceny české filmové kritiky 2016 je sedmý ročník Cen české filmové kritiky.

Ceny a nominace

Nejlepší film
Rodinný film — Jiří Konečný
Já, Olga Hepnarová — Vojtěch Frič, Tomáš Weinreb a Petr Kazda
Lichožrouti — Ondřej Trojan

Nejlepší dokument
Normální autistický film — Miroslav Janek
FC Roma — Rozálie Kohoutová a Tomáš Bojar
Zkáza krásou — Helena Třeštíková a Jakub Hejna

Nejlepší režie
Já, Olga Hepnarová — Tomáš Weinreb a Petr Kazda
Nikdy nejsme sami — Petr Václav
Rodinný film — Olmo Omerzu

Nejlepší scénář
Rodinný film — Olmo Omerzu a Nebojša Pop-Tasić
Já, Olga Hepnarová — Tomáš Weinreb a Petr Kazda
Prach – Vít Zapletal a Václav Hrzina

Nejlepší ženský herecký výkon
Já, Olga Hepnarová — Michalina Olszańska
Rodinný film — Vanda Hybnerová
Učitelka — Zuzana Mauréry

Nejlepší mužský herecký výkon
Nikdy nejsme sami — Miroslav Hanuš
Rodinný film — Karel Roden
Teorie tygra — Jiří Bartoška

Audiovizuální počin
Já, Olga Hepnarová — Adam Sikora (kamera)
Lichožrouti — Galina Miklínová (animace)
Rodinný film — Lukáš Milota (kamera)

Mimo kino
Pustina — Ivan Zachariáš, Alice Nellis a Štěpán Hulík
Happy End — Jan Saska
Semestr — Adam Sedlák a Ondřej Kopřiva

Cena Innogy — Objev roku
Já, Olga Hepnarová —  Tomáš Weinreb a Petr Kazda
Happy End — Jan Saska
Semestr — Adam Sedlák, Ondřej Kopřiva a Jakub Jíra

Ceny české filmové kritiky
Výroční ceny za rok 2016


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CLF party accuses Hezbollah over taking government hostage
The leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party dismisses Hezbollah's accusations, says his group has no fighters.
BY Libyan Express Oct 24, 2021 - 02:07
The leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party dismisses Hezbollah's accusations, says his group has no fighters
The leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party denied on Thursday his group has fighters, dismissing accusations by Hezbollah that it has a militia and seeks civil war as the fallout of deadly violence in Beirut continues to roil Lebanon.
Already suffering a devastating economic meltdown, Lebanon has been overshadowed by renewed tensions since seven Shi'ite Muslims were shot dead in Beirut last week during the worst street violence in the capital in more than a decade.
The heavily armed, Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah has accused the Lebanese Forces party of perpetrating the killing.
The Lebanese Forces, a group with close Saudi ties which had a powerful militia in the 1975-90 civil war, has denied any involvement.
In an interview with Lebanese broadcaster MTV on Thursday, LF leader Samir Geagea said the confrontation with Hezbollah was purely political and must remain so.
"We do not have fighters," Geagea said.
Nobody should think about confronting Hezbollah militarily, Geagea said, saying this would be a big mistake.
Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters a military court would ask Geagea to give a statement about the October 14 violence. The sources did not say when.
Asked about the report, Geagea said he had not been informed of any request for a statement, but if the court wants to take one from him it should first listen to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
Thursday's shooting started as supporters of Hezbollah and its Shi'ite ally Amal were gathering for a demonstration against the lead investigator in the Beirut port blast probe.
Holding government "hostage"
The army is still investigating the violence. Hezbollah has accused the LF of an ambush. There was no immediate response from Hezbollah to Geagea's comments.
Geagea has said the trouble began when supporters of the Shiite parties entered the Christian neighbourhood of Ain al-Remmaneh where they vandalised cars and four residents were wounded before a shot was fired. On Thursday, Geagea said Ain al-Remmaneh had been subjected to "an invasion".
He has said he did not know who had opened fire.
The army said on Saturday a soldier suspected of opening fire towards the protesters was under investigation.
The day of the incident, the army initially said gunfire had targeted protesters as they passed through the Teyouneh traffic circle dividing Christian and Shi'ite Muslim neighbourhoods. It later said there had been an "altercation and exchange of fire" as protesters were on their way to the demonstration.
The violence including the use of rocket-propelled grenades lasted several hours.
Geagea said Nasrallah aimed to halt the probe into the port blast.
Geagea said that while he initially thought Hezbollah had nothing to do with the explosion, "with its recent actions it is telling us that perhaps it might be concerned with the port explosion".
Hezbollah has been leading demands for the lead investigator in the probe, Judge Tarek Bitar, to be removed, accusing him of bias. Bitar has not sought to question any Hezbollah members over the blast.
Bitar has sought to question several Hezbollah allies on suspicion of negligence that led to the blast, which killed more than 200 people and devastated swathes of Beirut.
In its efforts to stop the probe, Hezbollah has taken the current government "hostage", Geagea said, referring to how standoff over Bitar has paralysed the cabinet.
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Q: xml values from url in php or jquery Here is my URL Please suggest me how can I get values in this URL , it's form a XML API of SMS gateway now I have to execute it and send SMS on given numbers in URL please suggest me I have tried everything.
http://example.com/api/postsms.php?data=%3CMESSAGE%3E%0A%3CAUTHKEY%3EYour%20auth%20key%3C/AUTHKEY%3E%0A%3CSENDER%3ESenderID%3C/SENDER%3E%0A%3CROUTE%3ETemplate%3C/ROUTE%3E%0A%3CCAMPAIGN%3Ecampaign%20name%3C/CAMPAIGN%3E%0A%3CCOUNTRY%3Ecountry%20code%3C/COUNTRY%3E%0A%3CSMS%20TEXT%3D%22message1%22%3E%0A%3CADDRESS%20TO%3D%22number1%22%3E%3C/ADDRESS%3E%0A%3C/SMS%3E%0A%3C/MESSAGE%3E%0A

A: In javascript, you can just use decodeUri
var xml = decodeURI('%3CMESSAGE%3E%0A%3CAUTHKEY%3EYour%20auth%20key%3C/AUTHKEY%3E%0A%3CSENDER%3ESenderID%3C/SENDER%3E%0A%3CROUTE%3ETemplate%3C/ROUTE%3E%0A%3CCAMPAIGN%3Ecampaign%20name%3C/CAMPAIGN%3E%0A%3CCOUNTRY%3Ecountry%20code%3C/COUNTRY%3E%0A%3CSMS%20TEXT%3D%22message1%22%3E%0A%3CADDRESS%20TO%3D%22number1%22%3E%3C/ADDRESS%3E%0A%3C/SMS%3E%0A%3C/MESSAGE%3E%0A');

gives you
<MESSAGE>
    <AUTHKEY>Your auth key</AUTHKEY>
    <SENDER>SenderID</SENDER>
    <ROUTE>Template</ROUTE>
    <CAMPAIGN>campaign name</CAMPAIGN>
    <COUNTRY>country code</COUNTRY>
    <SMS TEXT%3D"message1">
       <ADDRESS TO%3D"number1"></ADDRESS>
   </SMS>
</MESSAGE>

As you can see, the text is encoded twice.
You will need to decode again.
var finalResult = decodeUriComponent(xml) // gives you

<MESSAGE>
    <AUTHKEY>Your auth key</AUTHKEY>
    <SENDER>SenderID</SENDER>
    <ROUTE>Template</ROUTE>
    <CAMPAIGN>campaign name</CAMPAIGN>
    <COUNTRY>country code</COUNTRY>
    <SMS TEXT="message1">
        <ADDRESS TO="number1"></ADDRESS>
    </SMS>
</MESSAGE>

Which is now valid xml, and can be parsed using jQuery.
$.parseXML(finalResult);

additionally
// to parse the complete url in chrome and mozilla
var xmlString = new URLSearchParams('YOUR FULL URL HERE').values().next()

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Asia Pacific Singapore Shipbuilding
Will Singapore weather the offshore storm?
Andreas Dracoulis
City-state's shipyards have taken a beating over the last three years after the sudden and sustained crash in oil prices
Source: Keppel Corp There is speculation over Singapore shipyard mergers, including Keppel and Sembcorp Marine
VICTIMS of the slump in oil prices are spread throughout the world and Singapore's offshore oil and gas industry is no exception.
The city-state has, in particular, been at the forefront of offshore rig construction projects for decades with its shipyards having carved out a significant market share in the jack-up sector. However, the exposure is not just limited to offshore shipbuilding, with a number of Singapore companies active as drilling services providers (especially in the provision of offshore support vessels) and with the city-state itself well established as a leading oil trading and refining hub.
It is therefore no great surprise that the offshore industry in Singapore has taken a real beating over the last three years following the sudden and sustained crash in the oil price since mid-June 2014. The drop in the oil price has led to a significant curtailment of exploration and production, with oil majors continuing to reduce capital expenditure. This has in turn led to a very significant reduction in newbuilding orders.
According to data published by the Association of Singapore Marine Industries, the total order book at Singapore shipyards shrank by more than half from 2015 to 2016 with new orders down from S$4.9bn ($3.6bn) in 2015 to S$820m in 2016. To put this in context, in February 2017 the Development Bank of Singapore reported that, globally, since 2015 there had been only eight orders for jack-up rigs.
In the service provider space, offshore support vessel owners continue to be plagued by the ongoing chronic oversupply of offshore vessels coupled with the continued influx of newbuildings. High-profile casualties have included Swiber Holdings, currently under judicial management in Singapore, and Ezra Holdings (Emas), which has recently filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Quite how long these circumstances will prevail is unclear. Despite the effort to cut oil output led by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the price of oil continues only to creep up, with Brent crude currently trading at or around the $50 per barrel mark. Analysts are predicting at best a flat remainder to the year with the sentiment in the industry being one of caution; this partly as a consequence of rising shale production in the US.
Room for optimism
However, despite this gloomy picture there is room for optimism and there are reasons to conclude that Singapore can ride out the storm.
First, there is a clear commitment by the state to provide financial support to the sector, as evidenced by the government-backed financing schemes. These schemes allow local companies in distress access to working capital, thereby allowing them to finance their operations and address gaps in short- to medium-term cash flow. A recent example of such assistance is that of Pacific Radiance, which in June this year was granted S$85m in government-backed financing shortly before concluding new contracts (for ten OSVs) worth over $45m.
Second, and focusing on the rig construction sector, the main Singaporean shipyards (in particular Sembcorp Marine and Keppel) are continuing to win non-rig related work such as orders for production related facilities; floating storage, production and offloading vessels for liquefied natural gas — so-called FLNG vessels — and conversion work.
It is reported that other, smaller local shipyards are seeking to diversify in to non-offshore related markets.
In the current climate, identifying and acting on the opportunities that are available, allied with effective cost-cutting measures, will be the key to survival and it appears that the Singaporean shipyards are well placed to do this. There is also speculation of mergers among the shipyards (including talk of a merger between two of the biggest in Sembcorp Marine and Keppel) in order for the stronger players to consolidate their positions and use the downturn as an opportunity to rationalise and restructure their operations.
Finally, in difficult times such as this, there are always opportunities and, against the background of a supportive government, Singaporean companies can take advantage. In particular, drilling services contracts for OSVs are still being concluded and OSV providers taking delivery of well-specified and reliable newbuildings will prosper (albeit not as they did in the pre-2014 days).
Similarly, there are deals to be made out of the woes of others and OSV providers with the means to do so can acquire assets at low prices in expectation of an eventual industry upturn. Certainly, this type of consolidation appears to be already in progress, as seen in the recent acquisition of three Swiber anchor handling vessels by another Singapore-based offshore provider.
Andreas Dracoulis is a partner and disputes lawyer at Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP with extensive experience in the shipbuilding, offshore construction, and energy sectors.
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Subject: Will Singapore weather the offshore storm?


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liceoartisticolisippo-ta » Graphic » Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango: A Graphic Thriller (Neon Lit)
Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango: A Graphic Thriller (Neon Lit) ebook
by Barry Gifford,Scott Gillis,Bob Callahan
Barry Gifford Scott Gillis Bob Callahan Graphic Novels English
The book concludes with an interview with Barry Gifford. The "guys" Gifford is referring to are "religious fundamentalists trained by the CIA in explosives, financed by a mountain of smack.
The book concludes with an interview with Barry Gifford. The picture of the towers bears a striking resemblance to the World Trade Center catastrophe on 9/11/01. The book was published in 1995.
Perdita Durango book. gifford pulls perdita durango, a minor character from wild at heart, and centers his second 'sailor and lula' novel around her. durango's a hard case: murderer. voo-doo practitioner. smoker of marlboro reds. tura satana joe's been telling me to read gifford for a while - i've been reluctant as i loathe the name barry and a natural.
Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango: A Graphic Thriller (Neon Lit). It was the first Barry Gifford book that I read and it did not make much sense to me. The Cuban Club: Stories. The next time I read it, I had just finished Wild At heart, and it made so much more sense and was a much better read. 6 people found this helpful.
Neon Lit: Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango
Neon Lit: Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango. Neon Lit: Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango OGN SC. Issue Number: OGN SC Publisher: Avon Books Cover: December 1995, 1. 0 Origin: United States, English Format: Black & White, Original Graphic Novel, 128 pages. Ted McKeever, Dennis Fujitake, Scott Saavedra, Scott Nickel, Tom Stazer, Mike Bannon.
Barry Gifford's first full-length novel is an unusual, captivating exploration into the . Barry Gifford Action is generally light (a train passes, a road curves, a hotel room is dirty), but even when more dramatic events happen (.
Barry Gifford's first full-length novel is an unusual, captivating exploration into the life of a single ma. A subtle, impeccably rendered new novel from one of America's most distinctive writers. A woman and her young son are traveling together by car through the southern and midwestern United States in the mid-to-late 1950s. Action is generally light (a train passes, a road curves, a hotel room is dirty), but even when more dramatic events happen (. Roy's father takes a turn for the worse), the voices of mother and son are sometimes indistinguishable and their reminiscences and longings are so vague and personal as to be irrelevant.
La perdita dell'Eldorado. Landscape with Traveler: The Pillow Book of Francis Reeves.
Author: Bob Callahan, Barry Gifford, Scott Gillis Title: Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango: A Graphic Thriller (Neon Lit) ISBN10: 0380771098 ISBN13: 978-0380771097 Format:. Adapted from a novella in Sailor's Holiday, this graphic novel introduces Perdita, a Tex-Mex femme fatale. La perdita dell'Eldorado.
Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango. New York: Avon, 1995. 1st. 5 x . 25, 128, black & white, color wraps. Very Fine 0380771098. When the ravishing Tex-Mex femme fatale Perdita Durango and her small-time drug-dealing boyfriend, Romeo Dolorosa, pull out of Texas with two cute white hostages in the cab and a boatload of heroin in the trunk, no one is safe from Galveston to Los Angeles.
Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers. Gifford is best known for his series of novels about Sailor and Lula, two star-crossed protagonists on a perpetual road trip
Bad girl Perdita Durango and her dealer boyfriend Romeo Dolorosa get their kicks on a journey from Louisiana to Los Angeles that involves santeria rituals and kidnapping.
Bad girl Perdita Durango and her dealer boyfriend Romeo Dolorosa get their kicks on a journey from Louisiana to Los Angeles that involves santeria rituals and kidnapping. Barry Gifford's Perdita Durango. - .
Adapted from a novella in Sailor's Holiday, this graphic novel introduces Perdita, a Tex-Mex femme fatale. It was one thing to turn an occasional trick to survive, but now Perdita's fallen in with a mysterious drug dealer, and they've kidnapped a gringo couple. As they head for Cajun Country, the group is soon lost in a landscape of sex, violence, and otherworldly mystery.
Kazijora
I thought it would be good, by the looks of it, the compelling cover, interesting artwork, and art spiegelman's name on the cover. I don't know how much spiegelman had to do with the story itself, but I didn't see any sign of his level of intelligence and creative vision here. Mostly, I was disappointed by the writing; the dialog seemed *too* bleak, without sufficient justification from the story line. What we got here are some disaffected hardasses who are gonna show how tough and calloused they are--but mostly through their brutal actions, not through any sort of articulate speech. It was impossible to feel any affection or even respect or pity for any character in the book, especially the main character Perdita. Maybe that's the point--look how hard the world is, what a cold, cruel world it is, etc. I don't know who's to blame for that pessimistic vision, but even with my avid interest in comics and graphic novels and literature of the US/Mexico border (like Charles Bowden's *Blue Desert* which is bleak but amazingly compelling, or Aristeo Brito's *The Devil in Texas* or Ted Conover's *Coyotes*) I have to say that this book was a big disappointment. Much of the art is good, but the writing drags it down. I really did want to like it! I hunted for it for months! I can't help it!
Hucama
Aside from the incredible artwork, the one thing the astonished me was the eerie premonition of two tall towers on page 103. The towers stand well above a city skyline. One of the towers is engulfed in flames. The caption above reads: "We haven't seen the last of these guys." The "guys" Gifford is referring to are "religious fundamentalists trained by the CIA in explosives, financed by a mountain of smack."
The picture of the towers bears a striking resemblance to the World Trade Center catastrophe on 9/11/01. The book was published in 1995.
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Modules are loosely divided in three categories: Control, Generators and Modifiers. This doesn't mean they are limited to that role, though. An oscillator is useful for modifying audio volume as much as an envelope.

- [Prototracker-modular modules](#prototracker-modular-modules)
  - [Good to know](#good-to-know)
  - [Control](#control)
    - [FrequencyIn](#frequencyin)
    - [Volume](#volume)
    - [TriggerNote](#triggernote)
    - [Const](#const)
    - [Effect](#effect)
    - [Automation](#automation)
    - [AudioOut](#audioout)
    - [Oscilloscope](#oscilloscope)
    - [VUMeter](#vumeter)
    - [EG](#eg)
    - [Accumulator](#accumulator)
    - [Semitone](#semitone)
  - [Generators](#generators)
    - [Oscillator](#oscillator)
    - [Pulse](#pulse)
    - [Noise](#noise)
    - [Sample](#sample)
  - [Modifiers](#modifiers)
    - [Add](#add)
    - [Mul](#mul)
    - [Div](#div)
    - [Abs](#abs)
    - [Bits](#bits)
    - [Shape](#shape)
    - [Linear](#linear)
    - [Clamp](#clamp)
    - [Distorion](#distorion)
    - [Split](#split)
    - [RMS](#rms)
    - [Mixer](#mixer)
    - [Lerp](#lerp)
    - [Filter](#filter)
    - [Glide](#glide)
    - [Delay](#delay)
    - [Reverb](#reverb)
    - [Container](#container)
    - [ExtIn/ExtOut](#extinextout)
    - [Virtual](#virtual)

## Good to know

Most modules output either in the -1..1 range (or similar), this means you can basically connect anything to anything. Experiment.

Note that there is a delay in signal propagation: every connection between two modules results in a delay of one cycle. This might make things harder with e.g. the accumulator if the reset value is changed at the same time when the reset signal is sent and the signals won't arrive at the exact same cycle.

## Control

These modules are used to control other modules.

### FrequencyIn

| Output | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| 0 | Keydown frequency in kHz |

### Volume

| Output | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| 0 | Current track volume (0..1.0) |

### TriggerNote

Note that this is just the initial keypress. You need to implement key-off functionality yourself (e.g. with the Effect module).

| Output | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| 0 | Key pressed down (0 = not pressed, 1.0 = pressed down) |

### Const

Use mousewheel to change the constant value. CTRL/Shift change the speed.

| Output | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| 0 | Dialed value |
| 1 | Dialed value divided by 1000 (useful for milliseconds) |

### Effect

This outputs whatever value was used as a parameter for a pattern effect. Use mousewheel to select the effect. E.g. in pattern you have X40, module now outputs 1.0.

| Output | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| 0 | Effect value (0x00 = 0, 0x40 = 1.0, 0x80 = 2.0 etc.) |
| 1 | Effect value (0x00 = 0, 0x40 = 64, 0x80 = 128 etc.) |

### Automation

This module outputs the value from the automation timeline at the current song position. Use mousewheel to select the automation track.

| Output | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| 0 | Automation value (0.0..1.0) |

### AudioOut

Use this module to output sound.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Mono out |
| 1 | Left channel out |
| 2 | Right channel out |

### Oscilloscope

Use this to examine a signal. Put between two modules and let the signal pass thru.

This module has two modes: auto sync and manual sync. Auto mode tries to display a single cycle of the signal and
the manual mode can be triggered with the sync signal. E.g. use a saw wave signal at 50 Hz to trigger every 1/50th
of a second or instead of a fixed frequency use FrequencyIn to sync to the played note.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Manual sync input |
| 1 | Auto sync input |
| 2 | Sync (rising signal crossing 0.5 triggers an update) |

| Output | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input 0 + Input 1 |

### VUMeter

Use this to examine a signal. Put between two modules and let the signal pass thru.

This module has two modes (selectable with the mousewheel): one to visualize values between 0 and 1 and another
to visualize values between -1 and 1.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |

| Output | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Passthru |

### EG

Generates a simple attack-decay envelope. The envelope output will rise from 0.0 to 1.0 and stay at 1.0 until key down input is released.
The hard reset input does the same but also sets the envelope volume to zero when triggered but it will NOT keep the envelope at full
output (the decay state will automatically start after the envelope reaches 1.0).

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Attack time (in seconds) |
| 1 | Decay time (in seconds) |
| 2 | Key down (>0.5 = down) |
| 3 | Key down with hard reset |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Envelope amplitude (0..1) |
| 1 | Envelope finished (pulse 1 when finished, 0 otherwise) |
| 2 | Envelope state (0 = attack, 1 = decay) |

### Accumulator

This module simply accumulates an internal register. Useful as some kind of rudimentary envelope.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Add to accumulator |
| 1 | Reset (rising signal crossing 0.5 triggers reset to the amplitude in input 2) |
| 2 | Reset value |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Accumulator |

### Semitone

Use this module with Mul to transpose frequency. Especially useful with Effect.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Relative semitones |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Ratio of transpose (input of 0 semitones = 1.0, input +12 semis = 2.0) |

## Generators

These modules are used to generate signals useful as audio.

### Oscillator

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Frequency in (rate at which the phase advances, in kHz) |
| 1 | Sync (rising signal crossing 0.5 sets phase to zero) |
| 2 | Phase add (add to current phase, use for FM) |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Sine wave out (-1..1) |
| 1 | Saw wave out (-1..1)  |

### Pulse

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Frequency in (rate at which the phase advances, in kHz) |
| 1 | Sync (rising signal crossing 0.5 sets phase to zero) |
| 2 | Pulse width (-1..1) |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Pulse wave out (-1..1) |

### Noise

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Frequency in (rate at which the phase advances) |
| 1 | Sync (rising signal crossing 0.5 sets phase to zero) |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Noise out (-1..1) |
| 1 | 4-bit noise out (-1..1) |
| 2 | 1-bit noise out (-1..1) |

### Sample

This module will output the buffer amplitude at the position (0..1) specified by input 0. Double click to open a file dialog to open a WAV file, up to two channels are supported.

An easy way to play a sample at its base rate (as specified by the WAV file) is to hook output #3 to an EG module ATTACK input and the EG output #0 back to the sample input #0. When the EG module is triggered the sample module will output the sample amplitude at the correct speed.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Sample position (0..1) |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Mono out (-1..1) |
| 1 | Left channel out (-1..1) |
| 2 | Right channel out (-1..1) |
| 3 | Sample length in seconds |

## Modifiers

These modules are used to combine and modify signals.

### Add

Add inputs together and output the result.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input A |
| 1 | Input B |
| 2 | Input C |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | The sum of inputs |

### Mul

Multiply the two inputs and output the result. Use as an amplifier. Connect e.g. an EG to input 1
and use it to multiple the two separate inputs to synchronize.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input A |
| 1 | Multiplier |
| 2 | Input B |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | A multiplied by the multiplier |
| 1 | B multiplied by the multiplier |

### Div

Divide the first input by the second output the result.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |
| 1 | Divisor |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Input divided by the divisor |

### Abs

Outputs the absolute value of the input.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Absolute value of input |

### Bits

Converts the input to any bit depth between 1..16.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |
| 1 | Bit depth |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Bit reduced input value |

### Shape

Shape outputs input #1 to the power of input #2. Useful as a distortion and to shape envelopes.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |
| 1 | Shape |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Shaped output |

### Linear

This output shapes an input so that the linearity has a kink at (X,Y). Use for phase distortion
synthesis by shaping a saw wave and feeding into the oscillator phase input.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |
| 1 | Kink X position |
| 2 | Kink Y position |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Shaped output |

### Clamp

Clamps the input to set range.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |
| 1 | Lower limit |
| 2 | Upper limit |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Clamped output |

### Distorion

Soft clipping.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |
| 1 | Distortion |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Soft clipped output |

### Split

Use this to split signals.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Same as input |
| 1 | Same as input |
| 2 | Same as input |

### RMS

This module outputs the root mean square of the input (window size 20 milliseconds). This results in the amplitude of the input.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Amplitude (root mean square) |

### Mixer

Splits input A two outputs based on input B. In other words, use this to create stereo panning (or, use for other purposes where you need a conditionally split signals).

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input |
| 1 | Mix (-1.0 = only output to output A, 0.0 = output to both outputs, 1.0 = only output to output B) |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Output A |
| 1 | Output B |

### Lerp

This module takes in two inputs and interpolates (linearly) between the two inputs.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Input A |
| 1 | Mix (0 = output A, 1.0 = output B) |
| 2 | Input B |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Output |

### Filter

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Signal in |
| 1 | Cutoff frequency (in kHz) |
| 2 | Resonance (0..1.0) |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Low-pass output |
| 1 | High-pass output |

### Glide

This module will follow the input signal at a constant speed.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Signal in |
| 1 | Glide speed |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Output |

### Delay

This module delays the input signal. Optionally, the signal can be fed back in the
delay buffer via input #3 (connect from output 1 to input 3) which gets amplified
by input #2. Input gain controls the delay amplitude and also the feedback ratio
if the signal is fed back.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Signal in |
| 1 | Delay (in seconds) |
| 2 | Input gain |
| 3 | Feedback input |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Combined output |
| 1 | Wet output |

### Reverb

Adds reverberation to input signal. Reverb time is the feedback gain inside
the reverb, so it should be set -0.999..0.999 to avoid distortion.

Input #2 can be used to adjust the delay loop lengths which is useful when
creating stereo reverb effects.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | Signal in |
| 1 | Reverb time |
| 2 | Delay offset |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Combined output |
| 1 | Wet output |

### Container

This can be used to host another whole synth inside a synth. The inputs
and outputs depend on the contained input/output modules.

Double click the module to access its insides. You can use CTRL+O and
CTRL+S to load and save whatever is inside the module. To use partials,
first create a Container, double-click and load a new synth partial with
CTRL+O.

### ExtIn/ExtOut

These modules act as the interface between the Container module and the
host synth. Looking from outside the Container, these show up as normal
module inputs and outputs on the Container.

Use the mouse wheel to select which input or output the modules connect to.

### Virtual

This module can be used to host multiple polyphonic instances of the same layout.
The difference between a Container and a Virtual module is that Virtual
only has left/right/mono audio outputs and the hosted layout needs to use the
AudioOut module for any outputs. ExtIn modules can be used as with Container.

Whenever the AudioOut signal is close to zero for some duration the track
is stopped and queued as the next available track. This means all layouts
should e.g. fade out when TriggerNote is not outputting a signal.

The first input is required and it can be routed from e.g. TriggerNote.
Whenever the first input is triggered a new virtual track is picked from the
available tracks and the ExtIn signals are routed to the new track.

| Input | Description  |
|-------|--------------|
| 0 | KeyOn |
| 1.. | ExtIn 0.. |

| Output | Description  |
|--------|--------------|
| 0 | Mono out |
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When one thinks of Antarctic wildlife, penguins are often the first animals that come to mind. Indeed these graceful, yet comical, hardy, yet elegant creatures are considered by many to be the signature species of the polar south. But, did you know that many penguin species live in temperate, even tropical climates? Although penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere, believe it or not their habits are about diverse as any species on earth. From the frozen Antarctic to the resort beaches of South Africa, to the jungles of New Zealand and rocky shores of South America, and all the way to the remote Galapogos Islands off the coast of Equador, penguins have adapted superbly to where ever the southern ocean currents have taken them. So enjoy this section devoted to the many penguin species and their fascinating characteristics. Early Antarctic explorers actually thought penguins were fish and classified them accordingly. In fact, as birds, they are superbly designed for their job, flying, but not in the air, underwater and with great skill. Their compact bodies have a breastbone that makes an excellent keel, and they have massive paddle muscles to propel them at speeds up to 25 miles per hour. Their heads retract to create a perfect hydrodynamic shape. When traveling quickly, penguins will leap clear of the water every few feet -- an action called 'porpoising.' This enables them to breathe, and decreases their chances of being taken by a predator. Antarctic penguins have also developed the ability to leap out of the water to a substantial height on land, enabling them to quickly reach the safety of raised ice edges or rock ledges. Penguin legs are short and set far down on their bodies, because of this they walk with a very erect posture and in most speices waddle. Ashore they are often awkward, waddling or hopping over rocks; on snow they sometimes push themselves along on their stomachs to cover great distances. Of the 17 species of penguins, only four breed on the Antarctic continent itself: the Adelie, the Emperor, the Chinstrap and the Gentoo penguins. Many other species are found within the subantarctic regions which includes many coastal islands. Penguins are also found in all southern continents and as far north as the Galapagos Islands, straddling the Equator. Penguins are true flightless birds. Some species spend as much as 75% of their lives at sea, yet they all breed on land or sea-ice attached to land. To withstand the harsh conditions of the Antarctic, their bodies are insulated by a thick layer of blubber and a dense network of waterproof plumage. Penguins' bones are solid and heavy, which help them to remain submerged and reduce the energy needed for pursuit diving. Some species can reach depths of 1000 feet or more and stay submerged for up to 25 minutes, though most prefer shorter, shallower dives. Although many penguin species along the shores and beaches of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America are struggling and even endangered because of their proximity to human habitats. Some penguin species in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic are now enjoying a population boom. Their increasing numbers can be partly attributed to the over-fishing of baleen whales in the past which has resulted in a super-abundance of krill, a key species in the Antarctic ecosystem. In addition to krill, penguins feed heavily on fish, squid, and other small crustaceans. Penguins generally breed in large, dense colonies called 'rookeries', some with 180,000 or more birds. The sights, smells, and noise of one of these huge colonies are unforgettable. Most penguins build nests of stone and there they incubate one or two eggs. Adult pairs take turns incubating their eggs and feeding the chicks once they have hatched. Communication at these crowded rookeries can be very important not only in locating mates or offspring, but also in courting rituals or signalling danger. In addition to vocal signals, penguins also communicate by head and flipper waving, bowing, gesturing and preening. Natural enemies of the penguin include seals, Killer whales, and, in the case of young chicks and eggs, several species of seabirds. Healthy adult penguins have no predators on land, so they have no natural fear of humans. While they don't like to be approached directly, these naturally curious birds will sometimes come quite close to a quiet observer to get a better look.